Andy Nortrup
@nortrup.dev
Director of Product Management at #Cribl formerly #Tanium, #Splunk, and U.S. Army #veteran. Husband and Father. I make #bonsai in my spare time
I think this might be the solution to my accent plant problem. I picked some sea grass down by the sound and brought it down to a reasonable height. I think it gives the tree both a sense of place and season.
#bonsai
#bonsai
November 19, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I think this might be the solution to my accent plant problem. I picked some sea grass down by the sound and brought it down to a reasonable height. I think it gives the tree both a sense of place and season.
#bonsai
#bonsai
Not immediately before, but from the spring.
November 18, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Not immediately before, but from the spring.
Yesterday I went to a bonsai study group where the world renown Dave DeGroot came by. He patiently talked through trees with novice to intermediate bonsai hobbyists and was not shy to grab his clippers. Now my tree has provenance.
Took off a ⅓ of this tree, and I love the improvement. #bonsai
Took off a ⅓ of this tree, and I love the improvement. #bonsai
November 18, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Yesterday I went to a bonsai study group where the world renown Dave DeGroot came by. He patiently talked through trees with novice to intermediate bonsai hobbyists and was not shy to grab his clippers. Now my tree has provenance.
Took off a ⅓ of this tree, and I love the improvement. #bonsai
Took off a ⅓ of this tree, and I love the improvement. #bonsai
Option 3 I added a shohin Juniper that I have, but I'm not sure that I love the combination, but I wanted to shoot something with an accent plant.
#bonsai
#bonsai
November 15, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Option 3 I added a shohin Juniper that I have, but I'm not sure that I love the combination, but I wanted to shoot something with an accent plant.
#bonsai
#bonsai
Option 2 swaps the stand for a slab of Norway maple that I'm finishing to be a stand. I like the maple but I think that the bark is too rough to go with the smooth bark of the tree.
#bonsai
#bonsai
November 15, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Option 2 swaps the stand for a slab of Norway maple that I'm finishing to be a stand. I like the maple but I think that the bark is too rough to go with the smooth bark of the tree.
#bonsai
#bonsai
Puget Sound Bonsai Club is doing a winter show, today I played with taking some photos of my Star Magnolia to submit.
Option 1 is a straight shot of the tree on a stand.
#bonsai
Option 1 is a straight shot of the tree on a stand.
#bonsai
November 15, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Puget Sound Bonsai Club is doing a winter show, today I played with taking some photos of my Star Magnolia to submit.
Option 1 is a straight shot of the tree on a stand.
#bonsai
Option 1 is a straight shot of the tree on a stand.
#bonsai
October 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
October 12, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Project alert! I want to make a bonsai display slab out of this slice of the maple street trees that was removed in front of my house this year.
I need a plane to level off the display surface? I'm not a wood worker, so this will be an experiment/experience. #bonsai #woodworking
I need a plane to level off the display surface? I'm not a wood worker, so this will be an experiment/experience. #bonsai #woodworking
September 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Project alert! I want to make a bonsai display slab out of this slice of the maple street trees that was removed in front of my house this year.
I need a plane to level off the display surface? I'm not a wood worker, so this will be an experiment/experience. #bonsai #woodworking
I need a plane to level off the display surface? I'm not a wood worker, so this will be an experiment/experience. #bonsai #woodworking
I was in Portland this summer it was a delight. We felt safe absolutely everywhere downtown. The Science museum was amazing for kids. There was a llama at the wedding.
September 27, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I was in Portland this summer it was a delight. We felt safe absolutely everywhere downtown. The Science museum was amazing for kids. There was a llama at the wedding.
I also believe that it's morally good to be reasonable. But it takes two people to be reasonable.
September 11, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I also believe that it's morally good to be reasonable. But it takes two people to be reasonable.
I respect Stewart Baker & love @lawfaremedia.org but am shocked that they would propose that this administration should use the DPA to seize copyright holder's property and give it away to AI companies.
Don't propose more power grabs for cronies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anth...
Don't propose more power grabs for cronies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anth...
September 9, 2025 at 1:34 AM
I respect Stewart Baker & love @lawfaremedia.org but am shocked that they would propose that this administration should use the DPA to seize copyright holder's property and give it away to AI companies.
Don't propose more power grabs for cronies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anth...
Don't propose more power grabs for cronies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anth...
Good news, it's starting to throw out more new growth. Hopefully they harden off before winter and don't get too big.
August 18, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Good news, it's starting to throw out more new growth. Hopefully they harden off before winter and don't get too big.
I put a creed joke on a PRD that I sent to my colleagues for review. I'm really having a hard time being cool waiting for them to comment and tell me it's funny.
We do need to take our SLAs higher.
#productmanagement
We do need to take our SLAs higher.
#productmanagement
August 14, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I put a creed joke on a PRD that I sent to my colleagues for review. I'm really having a hard time being cool waiting for them to comment and tell me it's funny.
We do need to take our SLAs higher.
#productmanagement
We do need to take our SLAs higher.
#productmanagement
Today I went to a wedding with a lama.
August 10, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Today I went to a wedding with a lama.
At the Death Cab for Cutie show on #Seattle tonight. 20th Anniversary show for their Plans album, waitress at dinner had never heard of the band and were probably younger than the album.
I'm getting old.
I'm getting old.
August 1, 2025 at 2:56 AM
At the Death Cab for Cutie show on #Seattle tonight. 20th Anniversary show for their Plans album, waitress at dinner had never heard of the band and were probably younger than the album.
I'm getting old.
I'm getting old.
I've been trying to make a bonsai out of an Oregon Myrtle. Its leaves are comically large and floppy. I hope that a hard cut back this spring would produce more smaller leaves. Not so much, they were big and floppier.
So I'll abuse it some more and cut it back in late mid summer. #bonsai
So I'll abuse it some more and cut it back in late mid summer. #bonsai
July 28, 2025 at 4:04 AM
I've been trying to make a bonsai out of an Oregon Myrtle. Its leaves are comically large and floppy. I hope that a hard cut back this spring would produce more smaller leaves. Not so much, they were big and floppier.
So I'll abuse it some more and cut it back in late mid summer. #bonsai
So I'll abuse it some more and cut it back in late mid summer. #bonsai
Nori got the shit scared out of her by fireworks last week and has been trying to get up the gumption to go back into her favorite window ever since. #cats
July 11, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Nori got the shit scared out of her by fireworks last week and has been trying to get up the gumption to go back into her favorite window ever since. #cats
Wait, they put artillery target reference markers on this diagram! Were they going to call for fucking fire?
July 8, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Wait, they put artillery target reference markers on this diagram! Were they going to call for fucking fire?
